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Jim Anderson Awarded the 2016 Polanyi Medal

The British Royal Society of Chemistry has awarded the 2016 Polanyi Medal to Professor Jim Anderson. The Polanyi Medal is awarded every two years for outstanding contributions to the field of Chemical Kinetics. Quoting  from the RSC website, “The Polanyi medal is named after Professor Michael Polanyi, 1891-1976, whose research helped…

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Jim Anderson Awarded the 2016 Benton Medal

Please join us in extending congratulations to our friend and colleague Jim Anderson, who was awarded the 2016 Benton Medal for Distinguished Public Service by the University of Chicago.  This honor is intended to honor people “who have rendered distinguished public service in the field of education” making Jim a…

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Jim Rice Awarded 2018 Mindlin Medal

Please join us in congratulating Jim Rice for being awarded the 2018 Mindlin Medal by the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE).  Quoting from the ASCE website “This medal is named for Raymond D. Mindlin, Ph.D., M.ASCE who was a Professor at Columbia University and who is best known for…

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Jim Rice – Multiple Awards

Please join us in congratulating Professor Jim Rice who will be receiving multiple awards this fall. First, Jim will be receiving the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) medal on November 16th in Houston at the Awards Banquet as part of the annual International Mechanical Engineering Conference and Exposition. The ASME Medal…

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Jim Rice Receives Theodore von Karman Medal

The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) has announced that Professor Jim Rice will be this year’s recipient of the Theodore von Karman Medal.  The award is intended to honor “distinguished achievements in engineering mechanics”.  The Harvard Gazette feature on the award is available here.   Please join us in congratulating  Jim on this significant honor!…

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Harvard Global Institute Award

Please follow this link to a Gazette article about a recent Harvard Global Institute (HGI) award to fund research by EPS faculty members Peter Huybers, Daniel Jacob, Zhiming Kuang, Eli Tziperman, and Steve Wofsy.  Joining with researchers from SEAS and in China, the group will study the connection between climate and…

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Climate Change Solutions Awards

Please follow this link to a Harvard Gazette article featuring the most recent funding awards made by the Climate Change Solutions Fund launched several years ago by President Faust.  This round of awards features several EPS faculty members and will support separate 2017 research projects led by Dan Schrag, Scot…